IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 22.04.2026 RAKESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Versus POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AND ANOTHER ........Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Raman Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikrant Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.1.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 02.11.2018 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.2-Central Administrative Tribunal, U.T. Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) by which, the benefit of service rendered by the petitioner prior to the date of regularization in the year 2007, has not been taken into account so as to decide the claim as to whether, the petitioner will be governed under the Old Pension Scheme ((hereinafter referred to as ‘the OPS’) or the New Pension Scheme (hereinafter referred to as ‘the NPS’) for counting service as well for the grant of pensionary benefits.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the finding recorded by the Tribunal that as the services of the petitione